Free speech and the Human Rights Act 1998

Abstract

The author considers the practical, constitutional and doctrinal implications for freedom of speech in the United Kingdom following the coming into force of the Human Rights Act 1998 on 2nd October 2000. Article by Dr Paul Kearns (Lecturer in Law, University of Manchester). Published in Amicus Curiae - Journal of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies and its Society for Advanced Legal Studies. The Journal is produced by the Society for Advanced Legal Studies at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London.